sweep in English

noun

1

a long, swift, curving movement.

a grandiose sweep of his hand

synonyms: gesture, stroke, wave, movement

2

a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area.

the police finished their sweep through the woods

synonyms: search, hunt, exploration, probe

3

a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, country, etc..

we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across

synonyms: expanse, tract, stretch, extent, plain

4

a sweepstake.

5

an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest.

a World Series sweep

6

a long heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel.

a big, heavy sweep oar

7

a sail of a windmill.

8

a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well.

verb

1

clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.

I've swept the floor

synonyms: brush, clean, scrub, wipe, mop, dust, scour, do

2

move swiftly and smoothly.

a large black car swept past the open windows

synonyms: glide, sail, rush, race, streak, speed, fly, zoom, whiz, hurtle, tear, whip

noun

gesture, stroke, wave, movement
search, hunt, exploration, probe
expanse, tract, stretch, extent, plain
range, span, scope, compass, reach, spread, ambit, gamut, spectrum, extent
expanse
slam
chimneysweep
end run

verb

brush, remove, carry, engulf, glide, search, cross, swing, sail, broom, drag
brush, clean, scrub, wipe, mop, dust, scour, do
remove, brush, clean, clear, whisk
carry, pull, drag, tow
engulf, overwhelm, flood
glide, sail, breeze, drift, flit, flounce, stride, stroll, swagger
glide, sail, rush, race, streak, speed, fly, zoom, whiz, hurtle, tear, whip
search, probe, check, explore, go through, scour, comb
cross, traverse, span
swing, swing out
brush
sail
broom
drag, tangle, embroil, sweep up, drag in

Use "sweep" in a sentence

1. Barrer translate: to sweep, to thrash, to scan, sweep, sweep out, brush, rake, sweep, sweep up

2. Sweep the city.

3. Sweep the building!

4. Standing Sweep Kick: A Bandanna preforms a sweep kick from a standing position.

5. Sweep to the side.

6. Do a channel sweep.

7. Please sweep the floor.

8. Textured Sweep Gold Cufflinks …

9. They just started the sweep.

10. Textured Sweep Silver Cufflinks $20

11. Well, sweep out the gutter.

12. Sweep before your own door.

13. Sweep up the crumbs, please.

14. 3 New brooms sweep clean.

15. Bogtrot Elwood tailordom sweep tattooists

16. Sweep the room out well.

17. " Zelda looked at the chimney sweep.

18. Just sweep it across the lid.

19. Give the room a good sweep.

20. Strong winds regularly sweep the islands.

21. They didn't sweep up the crumbs.

22. Like the map, the taught sweep paddle stroke is unlike the real sweep stroke but still very useful.

23. This floor needs a good sweep.

24. The kitchen needs a good sweep.

25. Crew of four. Sophisticated communications sweep.

26. We can...- sweep it again, but

27. Okay, troops, let's sweep the area.

28. Better sweep up this room first.

29. Sweep the table again to ensure it is aligned to read zero at both ends of the 20 " sweep.

30. Sweep the buildings along the back annex.

31. Anomalies are resolved by the sweep spectrometer.

32. Don't forget to sweep under the beds.

33. It time to sweep up the basement.

34. Door Bottom Sweep Jamb Weatherstrip Split Astragal

35. He fixed the sweep on the raft.

36. Wintry weather continues to sweep across Britain.

37. Boys, sweep them out of the gutter.

38. Roll-former apparatus with rapid-adjust sweep box

39. Sweep the melon - seed shells into a dustpan.

40. Sweep up the crumbs from under the table.

41. Did you sweep up all the broken glass?

42. 3 “I will sweep away man and beast.

43. They sweep through vast stretches of the earth

44. Tidal waves will sweep in from the coasts

45. Tell the Wehrmacht to sweep the whole area!

46. "London 2012 – Chong Wei foils Chinese clean-sweep".

47. Will you sweep the leaves off the patio?

48. The hotel gardens sweep down to the beach.

49. Let's sweep up the dust from the bookshelves.

50. Her eyes made a comprehensive sweep of the room.